My name is Adotekom Okodi-Iyah, & my Lips are the pen of a skillful writer…

June 3, 2013January 28, 2014

FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY…STING LIKE A BEE!

Looking at this picture…I certainly wouldn’t want to be the man in the white shorts…lol

“Float like a butterfly…sting like a bee!”

That was the watch word of a man who is arguably the greatest boxer in history…and I’m only using the word ‘arguably’ to fulfil all righteousness. So that fans of the likes of Joe Louis, Oscar De La Hoya, Roberto Duran, and Sugar Ray Robinson won’t have my head.

But I’m not here to talk about boxing. I actually prefer wrestling. I’d rather watch a Cage Match between John Cena and The Rock than a bout between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather.

Still, I stand by my comment…Muhammad Ali remains not only the best boxer in history, but one of the most intelligent men I’ve ever come across (not in person though…lol). I mean, he wasn’t the tallest, biggest, or strongest athlete. He wasn’t even the best…But through sheer hard work, determination, a burning desire to succeed and be the greatest, as well as faith in himself he rose to become the greatest of all times. Let me not bore you with too much writing…

Here’s a collection of his quotes and a little slideshow I created to go with it.

If at the end of these pictures and quotes you’re not inspired…well, err…you need help! Enjoy….

“It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself.” – Muhammad Ali

“If you ever dream of beating me, you better wake up and apologise” – Muhammad Ali

“A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he’ll never crow. I have seen the light and I’m crowing.” – Muhammad Ali

“The man who has no imagination has no wings” – Muhammad Ali

To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.-Muhammad Ali

“The only limitations one has are the ones they place on themselves” – Muhammad Ali

“Even the greatest was once a beginner. Do not be afraid to take that first step.” – Muhammad Ali

“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights” – Muhammad Ali

“We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.”-Muhammad Ali

“I am the greatest; I said that even before I knew I was.”-Muhammad Ali

“It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.”-Muhammad Ali

“I never thought of losing, but now that it’ s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.”-Muhammad Ali

“I know where I’m going and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be what I want.”-Muhammad Ali

“Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don’t let yourself believe it will happen to you.”-Muhammad Ali

“It’s not bragging if you can back it up.”-Muhammad Ali

“Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.”-Muhammad Ali

“I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world. “–Muhammad Ali

“If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.” -Muhammad Ali

“I’m so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.”-Muhammad Ali

“I’m not the greatest; I’m the double greatest. Not only do I knock ’em out, I pick the round.”-Muhammad Ali

“I’ll beat him so bad he’ll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.”-Muhammad Ali

“I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin’ hell, but as long as they ain’t free, I ain’t free.”-Muhammad Ali

“I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.”-Muhammad Ali

“No one knows what to say in the loser’s locker room.”-Muhammad Ali

“Old age is just a record of one’s whole life.” -Muhammad Ali

“My toughest fight was with my first wife.”-Muhammad Ali

“My way of joking is to tell the truth. That’s the funniest joke in the world.”-Muhammad Ali

“I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I’m in a world of my own.”-Muhammad Ali

“I’d like to be remembered as a black man who won the heavyweight title, who was humorous and who never looked down on those who looked up to him. A man who stood for freedom, justice and equality. And I wouldn’t even mind if folks forgot how pretty I was.” – Muhammad Ali

“Hope you were inspired by this. Keep dreaming, believe in God and believe in yourself. Nothing, and no one can stop you. You can, and will surely make it. You are the world’s greatest!” – Adotekom Okodi-Iyah